The So Many Scares finale is here: Freddy vs. Jason (2003), the most 2003 movie ever made. Two icons, one title fight, and a month of Freddy finally catching up with us.
This week on So Many Sequels: the premise that actually justifies itself (Freddy needs fear, so he sends Jason to do his PR), a $36.4M opening weekend and two weeks at #1, the ten-year Freddy drought it ended, Garrett's confession that this whole month was a two-year gambit to get to this movie, David's case that it's a Freddy movie in Jason's style, Josh comparing the whole thing to Ben Affleck's Daredevil, the pro-wrestling read (chicken-shit heel Freddy vs. Andre the Giant Jason), Kelly Rowland's unforgettable turn, the dream-realm fight, the real-world fight, the ending that refuses to settle anything, the Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash sequel that became a comic instead, and the final ranking of the big three: Michael, Freddy, Jason.
Ratings: Josh 1.5, David 2.5, Garrett 1.5. Letterboxd average: 2.8 — Josh and David split the score-game point, and the So Many Scares final standings are David 16, Josh 15, Garrett 11.
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Welcome to the finale — running out of juice, Hypnocil
01:36 The Letterboxd synopsis + Freddy's plan: Jason does his PR
04:22 Box office: ten-year Freddy drought, Jason X, $36.4M opening, #1 two weekends
07:48 Sidebar: 2003 comedies, Jim Carrey, Kevin Hart
08:46 Garrett's confession: this whole month was a gambit to get here
10:30 David: a Freddy movie in Jason's style, puppet-master Freddy
11:01 Freddy's backstory, summed up better than the Fridays ever did
11:37 The teens are 22-year-olds; Freddy toys, Jason kills on sight
12:56 The most 2003 movie ever — and Josh's Daredevil comparison
14:24 Convoluted lore: dream drugs, dream worms, a missing movie
16:52 Why hire another supervillain? Freddy's arrogance
18:08 Freddy's tricks: shadow kills, tongue stuff, less creativity
19:59 Dream-realm fight: Freddy punking Jason, Looney Tunes beatdown
21:49 Evil vs. killing machine: who do you actually root for?
23:49 Kelly Rowland steals the show
25:10 Real-world fight: quick Freddy, lumbering Jason, air canisters
27:33 That ending + ranking the franchise's FU endings
29:13 The sequel that never was: Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash (the comic)
30:41 Final scores: Josh 1.5, David 2.5, Garrett 1.5
33:04 Letterboxd reviews: they should have kissed, wrestling, and more
34:41 Score game: 2.8 actual, Josh and David split the point
36:36 Wrapping So Many Scares: ranking Michael, Freddy, Jason
39:42 Final question: Ghostface vs. Jigsaw (and Pinhead almost crashed it)
41:56 Outro: non-scary November
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